OROP: Veterans to get Full Pension as Service Limit goes
After years of dithering, the Centre has finally acted on its promise of One Rank One Pension (OROP).
In a September 30 letter addressed to the Chiefs of Army, Navy and Air Force, the Ministry of Personnel informed them about the notification on pension benefits as recommended by the 7th Central Pay Commission (CPC).
The three services had earlier decided not to implement the Seventh CPC award till the Narendra Modi government rectified what they had termed as ‘anomalies.’
Disability pension
While the defence personnel had every reason to be pleased with the latest decision on pension awards, there were murmurs of protest over the reluctance of the Centre to re-visit the recommendations on disability pension. Prior to the latest notification, all the ex-servicemen who were re-employed and retired from Central Government Departments (like Central Excise, Customs, Income Tax, Railways, Postal, Telecom, AIR, Doordarshan etc.) were paid pro-rata pension with 33 years’ service required for full pension.
Most of the ex-servicemen re-employed were retiring before completing 33 years. Therefore all these personnel were paid pro-rata pension. However, all that changed after a Supreme Court judgment earlier in the year.
The OROP issue became a major bone of contention in 2015 between the defence personnel and the Modi government with the former charging it of backtracking on its 2014 general election manifesto promise.
Arrears payment
As a result of the notification, OROP stands implemented with effect from December 2015 and beneficiaries would be paid arrears in the next few months. In short, the revised consolidated pension and family pension of pre-2006 armed forces pensioners shall not be less than 50 and 30 per cent of the minimum in the pay of the rank.
An example of how it would translate into reality in the case of a Colonel with 33 years of service shows that the pension would be Rs. 92,854 per month. Arrears from January to June would be Rs. 69,370 per month and from July to October Rs. 35,371 and total arrears would be Rs. 104741.
Source: The Hindu
COMMENTS
The order dt 30.9.2016 regarding fixation of pension without prorata ( i.e. without 33 yrs cumpulsion for full pension) will be beneficial to all. Example is given :- Sepoy retiring with 15 yrs service Y gp was paid upto 4016, and by circular no.547 revision was 4637 effective 1.1.2006, and now by 30.9.2016 orders all sepoys will be paid 5125 pension wef 1.1.2006 Y Gp.,Diff of 488/- p.m. plus Dearness relief, a substantial arrears. Very good move by the Govt.
the Govt took six months after the order for civilians in Min of defence to issue order for men in uniform be paid this diff. now the principal CDA pensions will take how much time to inform the pension distribution agencies (that is Banks ) no one knows. till that no arrears. and then Banks will take their time to compute and pay .
THESE ORDERS HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH OROP DISCREPANCIES . ONE GOVT ORDER IS BASED ON HSC RULING FOR WHICH BENEFITS TO CIVILIAN STAFF HAVE BEEN GIVEN LONG BACK.
SECOND GOVT ORDER IS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF 7 CPC FOR PRE-2016 DEFENCE RETIREES.
SINCE THE 7CPC PAY STRUCTURE OF DEFENCE PERSONNEL HAVE NOT YET BEEN FINALISED , THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ""PRE" AND ""POST " 2016 DEFENCE RETIREES CAN NOT BE ESTABLISHED AS OF NOW.
Bhai it will be implemented for all rank.
How the pension of a sepoy is effected? Nobody is interested. Every body is giving the benefit of Officers and never speak about the pay and other benefits of the lowest rank.